The homoneous world order was created by the world markets, though it is very much an ecological phenomenon. The attempts of creating a rational world rule have led to the exhaustion of resources. The globalization of economic life and of ecological crises mounts a new challenge against the current system of political regulation.

The essay follows Schumpeter's prediction, in which the Austian economist claimed that the changes of the 20th century would lead to something completely different from capitalism, and we could even call that socialism. These changes are related to human capacities and needs.

With publishing one of his last essays, we remember the late advisor of Eszmelet, Imre Marton. He analysed the correlation between anti-imperialist and anti-capitalist struggles, and he drew lessons for post-communist countries, and for the whole humanity.

The Dialectic of Enlightenment was perhaps the most important critique of the enlightenment by Marxist authors, and also a most remarkable contribution of the Frankfurt School.

Philosopher Istvan Meszaros published his opus magnum under the title Beyond Capital. It quickly became popular in Western circles of progressive social science. (Istvan Meszaros: Beyond Capital. Towards a Theory of Transition. Merlin Press, London, 1995.)